Inside China
Opinion
Trade wars
China is on a collision course with Trump. It just fired a warning shot
China has not wasted any time responding to the latest US attempt to restrain its development of a crucial industry. It was an unusual move and perhaps a sign of things to come.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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Ready for ‘warfare’: China loads its weapon to fight back against Trump
Donald Trump has made it clear he believes a confrontation between the US and China over trade and technology is inevitable. Beijing has had time to get ready.
- by Alexandra Stevenson and Paul Mozur
Despite all the tea in China, in Shanghai, the coffee is hot
On the streets of China’s financial and cosmopolitan hub, a caffeine-fuelled revolution is taking place.
- by Lisa Visentin
China’s richest are selling their trophy homes at bargain prices
One by one, tycoons who built their wealth on China’s economic rise have been giving up their trophy homes in Hong Kong.
- by Alexandra Stevenson
Flurry of mass casualty attacks in China causes alarm
There have been at least nine mass killings and attacks in China in 2024 – three more than in the entire previous decade.
- by Casey Hall
Media tycoon tells court he did not use Trump officials to influence policy on Hong Kong
Pro-democracy publisher Jimmy Lai has taken the stand for the first time since his arrest on national security charges.
- by Lisa Visentin
Opinion
US Votes 2024
Rise of the hawks: Trump’s first appointments don’t bode well for China
Donald Trump’s administration is starting to take shape, and his appointees to key positions have something in common: they’re well-known China hawks.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Opinion
Tight US election casts a shadow over China’s economic planning
Xi’s key policymakers are meeting to discuss a large fiscal stimulus package, knowing that the US election outcome could have threatening implications.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Opinion
China’s big fiscal stimulus package is coming
The value of the country’s exports grew by 2.4 per cent last month, way short of the 8.7 per cent growth experienced in August.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
My hunt for smuggled Aussie lobster in downtown Beijing
After years of purgatory, the humble Australian rock lobster will make a triumphant return to banquets in China in the new year. Though, depending on who you ask, it never really left.
- by Lisa Visentin
Analysis
China
Xi’s robocops and driverless cars leaving young people behind
Xi Jinping’s modernisation agenda aims to transform China into a high-tech superpower. At a job fair in central Beijing, the future isn’t so promising.
- by Lisa Visentin